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What does Socratic method mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A method of teaching through (usually rhetorical) questions rather than lectures.
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They were run using the Socratic method of question and answer.
Before renovation, classrooms had inadequate acoustics and were not configured to support the Socratic method of teaching.
Extensionists use a Socratic method, guiding farmers with questions to stimulate important insights and supplying information only when absolutely necessary.
Nationally, some faculty see them as a means to trim staff or as a betrayal of the face-to-face Socratic method of teaching.
Executive coaching has been proven as a tool in the USA and Europe for over 20 years now, and is based on the Socratic method.
I discovered the methods described hereafter, except the Socratic method suggested by Oscar Brenifier, during a formation offered by D'PHI, about the philosophical discussion and the moderator's competences.

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